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Harmony Infobox
Key Signatures
Major Modes	Ionian - Lydian - Mixolydian
Minor Modes	Dorian - Aeolian - Phrygian - Locrian
Other Modes	Major Pentatonic - Minor Pentatonic - Major Blues Scale - Minor Blues Scale
A-flat - A - B-flat - B - C-flat - C - C-sharp - D-flat - D - E-flat - E - F - F-sharp - G-flat - G
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Key of Ab as Triads
Mode	Color	Alterations	I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII
Lydian	bright	raised 4	Ab	Bb	Cmin	Ddim	Eb	Fmin	Gmin
Ionian	neutral	no alterations	Ab	Bbmin	Cmin	Db	Eb	Fmin	Gdim
Mixolydian	less bright	lowered 7	Ab	Bbmin	Cdim	Db	Ebmin	Fmin	Gb
Dorian	dark	lowered 3, 7	Abmin	Bbmin	Cb	Db	Ebmin	Fdim	Gb
Aeolian	darker	lowered 3, 6, 7	Abmin	Bbdim	Cb	Dbmin	Ebmin	Fb	Gb
Phrygian	darkest	lowered 2, 3, 6, 7	Abmin	Bbb	Cb	Dbmin	Ebdim	Fb	Gb
Locrian	unusable	lowered 2, 3, 5, 6, 7	Abdim	Bbb	Cbmin	Dbmin	Ebb	Fb	Gbmin

Key of Ab with 7ths
Mode	Color	Alterations	I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII
Lydian	bright	raised 4	AbMAJ7	Bb7	Cmin7	Dmin7b5	EbMAJ7	Fmin7	Gmin7
Ionian	neutral	no alterations	AbMAJ7	Bbmin7	Cmin7	DbMAJ7	Eb7	Fmin7	Gmin7b5
Mixolydian	less bright	lowered 7	Ab7	Bbmin7	Cmin7b5	DbMAJ7	Ebmin7	Fmin7	GbMAJ7
Dorian	dark	lowered 3, 7	Abmin7	Bbmin7	CbMAJ7	Db7	Ebmin7	Fmin7b5	GbMAJ7
Aeolian	darker	lowered 3, 6, 7	Abmin7	Bbmin7b5	CbMAJ7	Dbmin7	Ebmin7	FbMAJ7	Gb7
Phrygian	darkest	lowered 2, 3, 6, 7	Abmin7	BbbMAJ7	Cb7	Dbmin7	Ebmin7b5	FbMAJ7	Gbmin7
Locrian	unusable	lowered 2, 3, 5, 6, 7	Abmin7b5	BbbMAJ7	Cbmin7	Dbmin7	EbbMAJ7	Fb7	Gbmin7

Notes

The Ionian mode is more commonly called "the major scale" (and is the most commonly used major scale)
The Aeolian mode is commonly called "the natural minor scale" (and is the most commonly used minor scale)
Lydian, Ionian, & Mixolydian are considered major modes because their "I chord" is major.
Dorian, Aeolian, & Phrygian are considered minor modes because their "I chord" is minor.
The Locrian mode is so dissonant that it is usually unusable.

Credit: Shane Adams

Ab Ionian
   *       *       *       *       *            *           * 
 |-6-|---|-7-|-1-|---|-2-|---|-3-|-4-|---|-5-||---|-6-|---|-7-|-1-|
 |-3-|-4-|---|-5-|---|-6-|---|-7-|-1-|---|-2-||---|-3-|-4-|---|-5-|
7|-1-|---|-2-|---|-3-|-4-|---|-5-|---|-6-|---||-7-|-1-|---|-2-|---|
 |-5-|---|-6-|---|-7-|-1-|---|-2-|---|-3-|-4-||---|-5-|---|-6-|---|
 |-2-|---|-3-|-4-|---|-5-|---|-6-|---|-7-|-1-||---|-2-|---|-3-|-4-|
 |-6-|---|-7-|-1-|---|-2-|---|-3-|-4-|---|-5-||---|-6-|---|-7-|-1-|

Ab Dorian
   *       *       *       *       *            *           * 
 |-6-|-7-|---|-1-|---|-2-|-3-|---|-4-|---|-5-||---|-6-|-7-|---|-1-|
3|---|-4-|---|-5-|---|-6-|-7-|---|-1-|---|-2-||-3-|---|-4-|---|-5-|
 |-1-|---|-2-|-3-|---|-4-|---|-5-|---|-6-|-7-||---|-1-|---|-2-|-3-|
 |-5-|---|-6-|-7-|---|-1-|---|-2-|-3-|---|-4-||---|-5-|---|-6-|-7-|
 |-2-|-3-|---|-4-|---|-5-|---|-6-|-7-|---|-1-||---|-2-|-3-|---|-4-|
 |-6-|-7-|---|-1-|---|-2-|-3-|---|-4-|---|-5-||---|-6-|-7-|---|-1-|

Ab Phrygian
   *       *       *       *       *            *           * 
6|---|-7-|---|-1-|-2-|---|-3-|---|-4-|---|-5-||-6-|---|-7-|---|-1-|
3|---|-4-|---|-5-|-6-|---|-7-|---|-1-|-2-|---||-3-|---|-4-|---|-5-|
 |-1-|-2-|---|-3-|---|-4-|---|-5-|-6-|---|-7-||---|-1-|-2-|---|-3-|
 |-5-|-6-|---|-7-|---|-1-|-2-|---|-3-|---|-4-||---|-5-|-6-|---|-7-|
2|---|-3-|---|-4-|---|-5-|-6-|---|-7-|---|-1-||-2-|---|-3-|---|-4-|
6|---|-7-|---|-1-|-2-|---|-3-|---|-4-|---|-5-||-6-|---|-7-|---|-1-|

Ab Lydian
   *       *       *       *       *            *           * 
 |-6-|---|-7-|-1-|---|-2-|---|-3-|---|-4-|-5-||---|-6-|---|-7-|-1-|
 |-3-|---|-4-|-5-|---|-6-|---|-7-|-1-|---|-2-||---|-3-|---|-4-|-5-|
7|-1-|---|-2-|---|-3-|---|-4-|-5-|---|-6-|---||-7-|-1-|---|-2-|---|
 |-5-|---|-6-|---|-7-|-1-|---|-2-|---|-3-|---||-4-|-5-|---|-6-|---|
 |-2-|---|-3-|---|-4-|-5-|---|-6-|---|-7-|-1-||---|-2-|---|-3-|---|
 |-6-|---|-7-|-1-|---|-2-|---|-3-|---|-4-|-5-||---|-6-|---|-7-|-1-|

Ab Mixolydian
   *       *       *       *       *            *           * 
 |-6-|-7-|---|-1-|---|-2-|---|-3-|-4-|---|-5-||---|-6-|-7-|---|-1-|
 |-3-|-4-|---|-5-|---|-6-|-7-|---|-1-|---|-2-||---|-3-|-4-|---|-5-|
 |-1-|---|-2-|---|-3-|-4-|---|-5-|---|-6-|-7-||---|-1-|---|-2-|---|
 |-5-|---|-6-|-7-|---|-1-|---|-2-|---|-3-|-4-||---|-5-|---|-6-|-7-|
 |-2-|---|-3-|-4-|---|-5-|---|-6-|-7-|---|-1-||---|-2-|---|-3-|-4-|
 |-6-|-7-|---|-1-|---|-2-|---|-3-|-4-|---|-5-||---|-6-|-7-|---|-1-|

Ab Aeolian
   *       *       *       *       *            *           * 
6|---|-7-|---|-1-|---|-2-|-3-|---|-4-|---|-5-||-6-|---|-7-|---|-1-|
3|---|-4-|---|-5-|-6-|---|-7-|---|-1-|---|-2-||-3-|---|-4-|---|-5-|
 |-1-|---|-2-|-3-|---|-4-|---|-5-|-6-|---|-7-||---|-1-|---|-2-|-3-|
 |-5-|-6-|---|-7-|---|-1-|---|-2-|-3-|---|-4-||---|-5-|-6-|---|-7-|
 |-2-|-3-|---|-4-|---|-5-|-6-|---|-7-|---|-1-||---|-2-|-3-|---|-4-|
6|---|-7-|---|-1-|---|-2-|-3-|---|-4-|---|-5-||-6-|---|-7-|---|-1-|

Ab Locrian
   *       *       *       *       *            *           * 
6|---|-7-|---|-1-|-2-|---|-3-|---|-4-|-5-|---||-6-|---|-7-|---|-1-|
3|---|-4-|-5-|---|-6-|---|-7-|---|-1-|-2-|---||-3-|---|-4-|-5-|---|
 |-1-|-2-|---|-3-|---|-4-|-5-|---|-6-|---|-7-||---|-1-|-2-|---|-3-|
5|---|-6-|---|-7-|---|-1-|-2-|---|-3-|---|-4-||-5-|---|-6-|---|-7-|
2|---|-3-|---|-4-|-5-|---|-6-|---|-7-|---|-1-||-2-|---|-3-|---|-4-|
6|---|-7-|---|-1-|-2-|---|-3-|---|-4-|-5-|---||-6-|---|-7-|---|-1-|

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